We walked down the river after killing the demon
"Did Esther taught you that?"
"Ah, yes mom. He said this method will be more painful and I might lose my hand If I made a mistake"(Christe)
Patting his head "Then be more careful in doing that"
Christe surprised "I though you would scold me for doing something risky"
"Esther wouldn't have taught you if you are not strong enough and I trust in your judgement"
"Mom!!!" Christe hugging his mother.
"Thanks for saving me. You are more dependable compared to last competition" (Aquila)
"Why can't you be honest with your...." Elissa mouth was shut by Aquila hands.
Meanwhile Claude carrying Eirene
"Hey, it's been quite some time. Are you still can't walk. Look, I too got hit by a tree. (Claude)
"Are you going to let a girl walk in this freezing snow? I thought you are a gentleman" (Eirene)
"Don't try to act like a cute girl now" (Claude)
"I wonder how the other teams are doing? We almost got killed by a random demon and they went to kill a boss?" (Aquila)
"Is Valerius strong?"
"Hmm, he certainly possesses the combat IQ to assess a situation and finding the best possible outcome." (Aquila)
After walking for an entire day, we found a gate.
"Ah, finally we came to the next gate" (Claude dying) Eirene finally left his back.
"Good boy" Patting him.
"Remember, we just going to enter the gate and leave as soon as possible."
All of us slowly entered that gate.
"What is this place!!!!" (Christe)
"This is Hell!!!!! Standing here anymore is very dangerous" (Aquila)
I never seen anything like this after coming to this world. A reddish sky, Demon's flying everywhere and a huge palace in front of our mountain. Dark elemental energy is flowing everywhere like air. Students can't be exposed to this for long.
"Everyone, get back right now!!!"
When Claude tried to enter the gate, he couldn't. It's not allowing to pass through.
"What!!! I couldn't go in" (Claude)
After that everyone tried but we couldn't go back.
"The empress said we can return back through gates, what is the meaning of this?" Eirene
Elissa started spitting blood.
It's already taking effect. We have to find a way back.
Meanwhile in arena, 12 hours ago
"It's been quite few hours since the competition started, let's check their status" (Adleida)
Adleida checking the status of the artifacts through the receiver.
"Hmm. It's Quite unfortunate but it seems team Valerius came out of main gate without defeating the boss or entering the second world"
Audience whispering "What? isn't he the heir to Cressa family? May be that clan is only show off. Isagi team might have used some dirty strategy on them"
"I refuse to believe that. He and his team are very strong. There is no way he just came back without doing anything" (Adrian Cressa)
"Two of his members died. If you have any questions, ask him personally. He doesn't seem to come to arena."(Adleida)
Adrian went silent.
"Moving on, Team Lucius killed 20 demons so far. Still yet to beat the boss" (Adleida)
Audience whispering "The future Emperor!!!, He will win for sure. Yeah, team Isagi can't survive there. there is no need for third competition"
"At last, Team Isagi managed to defeat a higher ranked demon"(Adleida)
Audience whispering "Tch, might have used some dirty artifacts. Yeah, that Elissa girl who went against Holy maiden and became an enemy of goddess. I think they must be serving some evil"
"Good thing, they are doing fine for now" (Esther)
"Let's just hope that will be the case till they return" (Emiko)
Hours passed.
"Let's see the current status. It's already end of the day. We will monitor again at tomorrow morning. So, Team Lucius continuing to kill demons all over the area and now they seem idle. As for Team Isagi" Adleida shocked.
"The artifacts are broken??? They are made to withstand a boss demon's energy. Did they went somewhere that artifact can't withstand??" (Adleida)
"What do you mean?" (Esther)
"The artifacts should be fine as long as they are in first world, but I can't say that for next world they went in. Yes, it will be random, but it won't be dangerous in second world itself. It will take several gates to enter a world that can't be tracked. Even if we were to go and search them It won't take you to their world. But they can return through their gate back to first world. I am not sure why are they not coming back" (Adleida)
Everyone looks dumbfounded and shocked. Somewhere happy that they got what they deserve. Somewhere hoping that Elissa should die, so that Holy maiden can be free again.
"Calm down Esther, the artifact might have defect. After all it's just something made from dark element. Let's wait for tomorrow morning" (Emiko)
At present, In second world
"Hold on for a while, I can try using my element to undo that"
Suddenly, someone jumped in front of us, causing a huge dark elemental energy.
"Welcome to Paradise, My dear little slaves"
"Wait. Is that a demon? Why it looks like a human?" (Aquila)
Not a surprise. After all, that corpse also looked like a human.